Kickoff time set for LSU-Tennessee game that could be a College Football Playoff eliminator
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LSU tight end Trey'Dez Green (7) zips up field after the catch in the second quarter of the game against Alabama on Saturday, November 7, 2026 at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Staff photo by Michael Johnson
LSU tight end Trey'Dez Green (7) zips up field after the catch in the second quarter of the game against Alabama on Saturday, November 7, 2026 at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Staff photo by Michael Johnson
When LSU heads to vaunted Neyland Stadium to play Tennessee, the Tigers will be kicking off in the day.
The Nov. 21 contest has been set for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff. The game will air on ESPN or ABC.
If LSU beats Texas this weekend, the Tigersâ matchup with the Volunteers could be their ticket back into the College Football Playoff. Back-to-back wins over ranked opponents could be enough to outweigh LSUâs losses to ranked Ole Miss, Kentucky and Alabama.
If Lane Kiffin and the Tigers (6-3, 3-3 SEC) lose this weekend at home, their chances of making the playoff will be reduced to near-zero before they make the trip to Knoxville, Tennessee.
The CFP-ranked No. 13 Volunteers (7-2, 4-2) are very much in the mix to make the 12-team postseason field, especially after a 34-6 win over No. 6 Kentucky. Tennesseeâs two losses came by three points apiece to Texas and a surging South Carolina squad.
The Volunteers face Texas A&M this week, and they will close the regular season against in-state SEC foe Vanderbilt.
Tennessee did receive some bad news this week, though. The teamâs leader in sacks, Tyree Weathersby, is out for the year with a knee injury, according to multiple reports. He is the Volunteersâ eighth player to be sidelined for the season.
LSU is hoping one of its best defensive players, linebacker Whit Weeks, could return at some point. He was listed as âdoubtfulâ on the SECâs availability reports throughout the week of the Alabama game before ultimately being ruled out for a fifth straight contest.
It might seem advantageous to LSU that its road game in Knoxville wonât be at night. But Neyland Stadium set a noise record during a 2:30 p.m. kickoff last month against Alabama, hitting 130.3 decibels.
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